[Hallicrafters] Re: Hallicrafters Chassis

[Mark Shaum]

>    Mark,
>
>    Your  picture  of  the  chassis  looks  great.  Thanks  for  making
it
>    available.  I've  never  heard  of  Flitz  but  I'll Google it. Is
the
>    chassis  in your picture cadmium plated? I've often wondered how
those
>    old  radio  chassis  were  manufactured  (didn't know it was
cadmium).
>    Also,  is  the chassis in your picture actually brighter than when
the
>    radio  was  new?  Did you use Flitz on the aluminum IF cans? I have
an
>    SX-28A that would be candidate.

Yes, the Hammarlund chassis is cadmium plated, and it's definitely
brighter than when new.  Flitz works fine on aluminum, although a bit
more polishing is necessary if you really want to approach a mirror-like
finish.  It's not original, but looks cool.

Flitz seems to leave a thin wax-like clearcoat (for lack of proper
terminology, a chemist I am not) that seems to prevent or at least slow
future oxidation.  I recently had the HQ-110A illustrated on the desk
for a bench check.  After a compressed air dusting, necessary here as
this QTH is a dust magnet, the polished shine came right back as applied
in the picture years ago.

Mark K9TR